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Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board

SugarHouse Casino Hit With Its First Fines

The Gaming Control Board has hit SugarHouse with two fines totaling $80,000, $70,000 of which is for seven incidents of gaming involving youngsters from the ages of 17 to 20, which occurred between February of last year and March of this year.

2012/05/28

Pennsylvania Casinos Have Record Month For Slots In March

The $233-million dollars in gross slots revenue for March was the highest for any month since the state’s tenth full-size casino opened, or any month since legalized gaming began in Pennsylvania.

2012/04/04

March Marked All-Time High For Slots Revenue In Pennsylvania

The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board says the state set an all-time high for gross revenue from slot machines in March.

2012/04/03

An artist's rendering of Valley Forge Casino's gaming floor. (Credit: VF Casino Resort)

Valley Forge Casino Opens For Business

The Valley Forge Casino Resort held a ceremonial ribbon-cutting Saturday morning.

2012/03/31

Valley Forge Casino Prepares For Grand Opening

The clock is ticking on the grand opening to the Valley Forge Casino. It’s Pennsylvania’s newest casino and President and CEO Saverio Scheri says workers have spent all day making sure it’s perfect for tonight’s event.

2012/03/30

Montco Casino Sets Up For March 31st Grand Opening

The doors will open to the public on March 31st, after two test nights — on March 27th and 29th — that will benefit local charities.

2012/02/14

(Montco DA Risa Ferman, right, and Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board chairman William Ryan Jr. Credit: Brad Segall)

Montgomery County, Pa. Collects Grant To Fight Crime at New Casino

With a new casino set to open in Montgomery County, Pa. this spring, law enforcement officials are looking at ways to keep alleged mob figures away from the gambling establishment.

2012/02/13

(File photo: Gamblers at the Mt. Airy Resort, in the Poconos.)

Pennsylvania Outstrips New Jersey In Gambling For First Time Ever

In November, Pennsylvania casinos outperformed Atlantic City’s facilities in overall gross revenue.

2011/12/21

(Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board head Bill Ryan, left, shares a moment and a ceremonial check with Philadelphia DA Seth Williams. Credit: Ian Bush)

Philadelphia Gets $150,000 Grant To Deal With Gambling In City

Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board chairman Bill Ryan says that taxpayers don’t have to part with a penny for the grant — unless you lost it in a slot machine.

2011/11/30

Philadelphia Lawmakers OK Expansion of Sugarhouse Casino

A Philadelphia City Council committee has signed off on a $125-million expansion of the Sugarhouse Casino, along the Delaware riverfront in Fishtown.

2011/11/16

Gaming Control Board Approves New Access Rules For ‘Resort’ Casinos

The Gaming Control Board has approved regulations governing how members of the general public will be able to access the gaming floor of the new casino expected to open at the Valley Forge Convention Center next spring.

2011/10/14

(The site of the proposed Foxwoods casino, on Delaware Avenue, in South Philadelphia, which remains vacant after the group's casino license was yanked for non-performance. File photo)

Ousted Foxwoods Group Makes Oral Plea In Pa. Court To Get Back Casino License

“We feel very confident that we did exercise the proper discretion and did the right thing,” an attorney representing the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board said afterward.

2011/09/14

Parx Casino in Bucks County, Gambling Officials Meet Over Abandoned Children Problem

State gaming regulators will continue talking with officials from the Parx Casino in Bensalem, in an effort to eliminate the problem of gamblers leaving children in cars in the parking lot of the casino.

2011/08/18

(Thomas Corcoran of the Delaware River Waterfront Commission testifies in support of Sugarhouse Casino's license renewal. Photo by Pat Loeb)

Hearing On Sugarhouse License Renewal Is Casino Love Fest

Philadelphia’s first casino seems sure to win renewal of its gambling license for a second year of operation.

2011/06/16

(Slot machine players at Mt. Airy Casino in the Poconos. File photo)

Pennsylvania Grand Jury Lambastes State’s Casino Gambling Control Board

First and perhaps foremost, the grand jury skewers the process used by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board to determine the suitability of applicants for casino licenses.

2011/05/24

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